Sustainable Fisheries Goal Implementation Team (GIT 1) Publications

This report summarizes the Striped Bass Survey Assessment and Habitat Connections workshop, an event held in February 2025 that was dedicated to understanding the ongoing decline in Chesapeake Bay striped bass recruitment

View document [PDF, 1.3 MB] Striped Bass Survey Assessment and Habitat Connections

This report presents methods for a pilot assessment of the condition of fish habitats in both the estuarine and inland portions of Chesapeake Bay rivers.

View document [PDF, 7.3 MB] Pilot Framework for Fish Habitat Assessments Across Tidal and Non-Tidal Waters in the Patuxent River Basin

The results of the 2022 and 2023 Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey.

View document [PDF, 981.2 KB] 2024 Blue Crab Advisory Report

This report summarizes progress made in 2023 toward the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement’s "Ten Tributaries by 2025" Oyster Outcome.

View document [PDF, 3.4 MB] 2023 Chesapeake Bay Oyster Restoration Update

This report is a culmination of close to a decade of research to assess whether the status of forage species found in the Chesapeake Bay can support key predator populations.

View document [PDF, 14.1 MB] Forage Status and Trends Report for the Chesapeake Bay

This report provides an analysis of Maryland's 2022 and 2023 oyster restoration success.

View document [PDF, 6.1 MB] 2022 and 2023 Maryland Oyster Monitoring Report

This report summarizes the 2023 Winter Dredge Survey and 2022 harvest data discussed at the May 18, 2023, Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee meeting.

View document [PDF, 668.2 KB] 2023 Blue Crab Advisory Report

This report summarizes the proceedings of a workshop to discuss blue crab population drivers and stock assessment modeling to better understand recent population declines and prepare for the upcoming benchmark stock assessment.

View document [PDF, 511.3 KB] Blue Crab Population Drivers and Stock Assessment in Chesapeake Bay

DRAFT: Fisheries Impacts Synthesis

View document [PDF, 289.6 KB] DRAFT: Fisheries Impacts Synthesis

This report summarizes the 2021 Winter Dredge Survey and 2020 harvest data discussed at the May 18, 2021, Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee meeting.

View document [PDF, 801.2 KB] 2021 Blue Crab Advisory Report